The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-10-20
A GLOOMY DAY AT ATLANTA
1t Rains and Rains, and the Dry Town
Gets Uncomfortably and hastily Wet.
Everything Goes Wrong. and the President
Is Kept Waiting in the Wet an Hour and
Half, but Is Rewarded with Square Meal
AN UNHAPPY TIME.

The Days Festivities Sadly MARRIED by Heavy
and Persistent Rain.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal
ATLANTA Ga, Oct. Ex-senator Colquirts
breakfast to the presideE tial party was grand
affair, and greatly enjoy ed by the participants.
After leaving the Senator'S handsome mansion
the members of the party were driven back to
the city. Tie crowds began making their way
to the Exposition grounds before daylight, and
Notwithstanding the drizzling rain all appeared
to be in the best of humor. About IL o'clock
the President and Mrs. Cleveland. accompanied
by Messrs. Grady and Collier, president and
yice-president, respectively, Of the Piedmont
Exposition. re-entered the foral-covered
carriage. Preceded by staff of
general officers and followed by
two carriages occupied by members
of the party and several squads of infantry and
cavalry, the procession was started for the ex-
position grounds. Upon the entrance of the
distinguished visitors within the enclosure.
deafening yell from upwards of 80. 600 threats
went mp. Cannon doomed, umbrellas shot up
in the air. and with the mud ankle deep the mil
itary was drawn up in line to receive the Presi-
dent of the United States and his party. The
carriages were first driven around the half-mlle
race track until the judges stand was reached,
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ecutive and Mrs Cleveland were to alight,
review the militia. and witness a sham
battle. The mud was very deep.
however, that it was decided that the
President and Mrs Cleveland should remain in
tho carriage. A delay of nearly one and half
hours then occurred, during which time the
President and Mrs. Cleveland sat in their car
riage under umbrellas, and Messrs Grady and
Colliar sat nnosita than hravnO the
and it was raining very. very hard. 1t was sug
gested that the top of the carriage might easily
be raised, but this was met with rejoinder to
the effect that to raise the top would destroy the
decorations During the delay mentioned the
crowd amused themselves watching pedestrians
endeavoring to cross the race-track without
sticking in the mud. An occasional ''hurrah for
jeff Davis" was also heard from different persons
in the Gro wd.
Finally the militia. which had reached the
ground, passed in review before the presidential
carriage, the President standing. AS soon as
this ceremony the guests were driven
back to the hotel rapidly possible.
Later in the day the President was enter
tanned at an elaborate dinner bv Hon julius L.
Brown. at his residence on Washington street.
The front porch of Mr.. Browns elegant home
was deliberately decorated with fsgs and on
either side OF the entrance to the porch a large
date palm was placed, which produced most
pleasing effects with the colored buntings. The
dnine-hall was decorated with beautiful and
gantly appointed. The Presidents din
ner card about twelve inch
es square. and consisted of the
colored feathers. The design. which Was beau.
tiful. was made and executed in Mexico. The
following named gentlemen were present: Pres
rotary D. s. Lamont Mr.. W. S. Bissel and DR..
J. d. Bryant. Senators Brown and -Colquitt:
Governor John B. Gordon. Hon Evan P How
ell Robert j. Lowery, J. C. Marcy. Patrick
Walsh, Henry w. Grady and Robert Falligant
and also Mrs Julius Brown and Miss Martha
Brown. a4
Early in the evening the President <reS<Sved
the members of the weekly press Of Alabama
and Georgia in his private parlors Between
and p. NJ. Mrs Cleveland was entertained by
Mrs. Grady, at whose residence she ad been in
vited to meet several hundred Atlantis ladies'
From this reception Mrs. Cleveland was driven
to the Executive Mansion. where she met the
President between and o'clock. and assisted
him in public reception in which the Governor
and Mrs. Gordon also took part. After o'clock
the President and his travelling companions re-
viewed torchlght procession of the Young
stand the party proceeded directly to the train.
which. at IL o'clock drew out of the station amid
the widest enthusiasm, enroute to Mon tgomery
Ala. The schedule time for the arrival of tha
train at Montgomery is A. NJ on Thursday.
From Montgomery the President and party will
return directly to Washington. without stops,
unless it may be a fifteen minute halt at Ashe-
Vile, n. c. An extension of time was asked for
there, but Colonel Lamont replied that the
promise to stop was on the assur-
ance that the route could be driven
over in fifteen minutes. He says
the time-carG from Montgomery to Washington
will be adhered to without any modification.
This has become absolute necessity. the
journey would be extended several days if the
applications for short halts at towns on the
route were complied with. 1t has been found,
too, that it is much more satisfactory to al who
desire the President if the train draws
slowly through stations, instead of stop. which
is always attended with confusion. discomfort
and danger from the crush OF the crowd about
the platforms